"Mariners have long told of rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows intensely as far as the eye can see in all directions. Scientists don't have a good handle what's going on. But satellite sensors have now provided the first pictures of a milky sea and given new hope to learning more about the elusive events. The newly released images show a vast region of the Indian Ocean, about the size of Connecticut, glowing three nights in a row. The luminescence was also spotted from a ship in the area."

I love it whenever new phenomenon are discovered. The oceans are a huge place and there are a lot of things out there that still need to be explained. I think this is probably caused by luminous bacteria of some sort. There are some very interesting theories mentioned.